Topic: school shooting

The Associated Press PORTLAND — Portland police say a third suspect has been arrested in their investigation of a shooting outside an alternative Portland high school that injured four young people. The arrest came after a chase late Tuesday in Marion County, about 40 miles south of Portland. Police say the suspect is 16 years old. Police say the…

The Associated Press UPDATE, 4:25 p.m. | At a news conference Friday afternoon, police said three people were hospitalized after the shooting, all of them affiliated with the school. A 16-year-old girl is in critical condition, and two males — one age 17 and the other 20 — are in serious condition. Police say a fourth person — a 19-year-old…

Emergency calls placed by teachers and students to police dispatchers last month provide real-time glimpses into the chaotic aftermath surrounding the mass shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School. The recordings released Wednesday include the first calls to police from those who witnessed the shooting. They include the harried emergency call placed by Megan Silberberger, a teacher…

The fourth victim shot by a classmate at Marysville-Pilchuck High School has died at Harborview Medical Center. Andrew Fryberg, 15, died Friday night. He had been in critical condition in the intensive-care unit at Harborview Medical Center since the day of the shooting. Andrew Fryberg, 15, is the fifth student to die, including Jaylen Fryberg, who shot his friends Oct….

Snohomish County law enforcement officials on Thursday released recordings of radio communications between police and dispatchers following last Friday’s shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School. The recordings were released by the Snohomish County Multiple Agency Response Team, made up of investigators from various Snohomish County law enforcement agencies, following a Seattle Times public-disclosure request. Five students were wounded, two fatally, by Jaylen Fryberg,…

Two Franklin Pierce High School students were arrested and charged with felony harassment for making threats in two separate incidents on Monday, according to school officials and prosecutors. Willie Painter, a spokesman for the Franklin Pierce School District in Tacoma, said the first arrest occurred during the school day when two students were allegedly overheard making…

An online threat made against a school on the Tulalip Reservation has been deemed not credible, a spokeswoman for the Tulalip Tribes said Tuesday morning. Tribal police are investigating the online threat made against Heritage High School, said a spokesman for the Marysville School District. There have been media reports of a lockdown or a modified lockdown, but spokesman Aaron Toso said the school…

The Associated Press OSO, Snohomish County — A woman whose home on the edge of the Oso mudslide was damaged by flooding organized an event Sunday to show support for Marysville and Tulalip tribal residents as they deal with their tragedy — the high-school shooting that left two students dead and four wounded. Elaine Young says she was comforted…

The Associated Press PORT ORCHARD — The family of a girl who was critically wounded when a gun went off inside a backpack at her Kitsap County elementary school has agreed to a $1.2 million legal settlement. The Kitsap Sun newspaper reports that the Bremerton School District is paying $900,000 while the gun owner’s homeowner’s insurance…

The state Supreme Court ruled today that prosecutors cannot charge a man with third-degree assault for allegedly providing access to a gun to his then-girlfriend’s 9-year-old son. The boy brought the weapon to a Bremerton school, where it accidentally discharged and injured a fellow student. In a 6-3 ruling, the high court rejected the argument by Kitsap County prosecutors…

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